Since its commencement in 2001, the DSDS has emerged as an important
annual event, inspiring leaders and mobilizing public opinion on the
objectives of the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). In the opening
session of DSDS 2007, speakers noted that policy formulations are
already beginning to stress the tenuous links between environmental
concerns, economic development, and social justice. Since climate
change is an ongoing process and there are multi-dimensional impacts
associated with it, there is need to develop adequate and appropriate
coping strategies. This, it was felt, will help civilizations adapt
better to climate change.

World Sustainable
Development Forum:
Globalizing the DSDSA
major institutional innovation achieved during 2006 was the
establishment of the WSDF (World Sustainable Development Forum).
This Forum has been inspired by the success of the DSDS and
the need for spreading the message from each annual summit to
different parts of the world. The WSDF, therefore, will organize
events in different locations not only to understand and disseminate
information on issues of sustainable development in particular
regions but also to study, monitor, and report on achievements
or the lack of them in this field.